Artist description Terrill plays all the instruments--multi-tracked recordings.....

Music Style Modern(21st Century)

Musical Influences Phillip Glass, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Brian Eno,Claude Debussy

Artist History Terrill Graves holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Composition from the University of Tulsa, which he received in 1977. In 1975 he was awarded Outstanding Rhythm Section Player at the Wichita Jazz Festival. Also while in college Terrill performed solo piano improvisations on National Public Radio. His affinity for music showed at an early age, starting with guitar lessons at age 9... but he remained largely self-taught until his college years. His first experience with Electronic music came in 1974 in a Computer Music class which utilized a mainframe computer and punchcards. Terrill has also programmed synthesizers for Sound Source Unlimited of Los Angeles. He has performed professionally since 1969.He switched to keyboards professionally in 1973, but has always kept up here and there with the guitar, and of late has been "woodshedding" blues acoustic guitar heavily; however, professionaly, most of his playing career has been on keyboards, and he has performed at concerts and clubs. Some venues include At My Place in Santa Monica, The Hermosa Beach Lighthouse, Cain's Ballroom, and the Apollo Delman Theatre.Speaking of Theatres, Terrill did a stint as staff pianist for The American Theatre Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, contributing to such productions as Little Shop of Horrors and The 1940s Radio Hour. He currently records for the Optimystics Musitations label out of Kentucky, a small independent.In the early '80s, Terrill was part of a rock n roll band which recorded for Major Pacific Records....now out of print. All of his current mp3.com recordings come from his home studio. Terrill currently lives in La Grange, KY, a suburb of Louisville His music relies heavily upon improvisation, an outgrowth of his early jazz training. Featured synthesizers include a Yamaha DX27S and an Alesis QS6.1.Terrill is a member of BMI. Addendum: Of late Terrill (Terry) has been performing on acoustic guitar and vocal in and around the Louisville area....Addendum 2: Terry has gone electric! Guitar, that is...with a blues edge...performing in and around the Louisville area....featured guitars are: Epiphone Hummingbird with a Martin pickup, US Highway 1 Strat, Fender De Ville amp.Terry became truly serious about the guitar again and eight years ago decided to devote his time solely to that instrument. He plays blues and rock improvisations over backing tracks live.......

Group Members Terrill Graves

Instruments Synthesizers,Piano, Natural Sounds,Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar

Albums Tone Poems For The Soul, Midnight To Morning, Lone Cypress, Trance Ty-rell, Etudes For Heather, Musitations

Location Louisville, KY - USA

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